China’s national internet emergency response centre said on Wednesday it had found and dealt with two incidents of U.S. cyber attacks on Chinese tech firms to “steal trade secrets” since May 2023.
The National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Centre of China (CNCERT/CC) said in a statement published on its website that an advanced materials design and research unit and a large-scale high-tech company focused on intelligent energy and digital information were “suspected of being attacked by a U.S. intelligence agency”, without naming the agency. The hacks led to the theft of “a large amount of trade secrets” in both cases, said CNCERT/CC.
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Source: Reuters News
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